USD26622S - Design for a side frame for car-trucks - Google Patents

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Dl2-46. OR D 269622 EX DESIGN.

W. F. RICHARDS. SIDE FRAME FOR GAR TRUOKS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILllARD F. RICHARDS, OF BUFFALO, NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOULD COUPLER COMPANY, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

DESIGN FOR A SIDE FRAME FOR CAR-TRUCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 26,622, dated February 9, 1897.

Application filed January 5,1897. Serial No. 618,077. Term of patent 14 years.

To an whom 216 may concern:

Be it known that LVILLARD F RICHARDS,

tion, reference being had to the ing drawings, forming a part thereof.

This design relates to the shap e or configuration of the side frame of a car-truck, more particularly of a truck for freight-cars.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the outer or front side of a side frame embodying my design.

an elevation of the inner or rear Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 2 is side thereof. Fig. 4

is a vertical cross-section in line 4 4, Fig: 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer in the several figures.

in line 5 5,

to like parts on each side of said panel and ext the upper and lower corners of said circular enlargements, upri ending from the panel to ght bars extending downwardly from the outer meeting ends of said converging bars, and inclined bars arranged below said converging bars and extending downwardly and outwardly to the lower ends of said upright bars.

Referring to the drawings, A is the rectangular central panel, having on its outer side a shallow marginal flange a and a rectangu lar flange ct within said marginal flange and having its sides parallel with the sides of the marginal flange.

A is a deep rectangular flange or box pro gecting inwardly or rearwardly from the cen tral panel A, as shown in Fig. 5, oblong panel or extension arran g central panel.

and A is an ed below the 1-3 are the circular horizontal enlargements arranged at the ends of the side frame and having outWardly-projecting ears I).

C represents upper inclined bars which extend from the upper corners of the central panel to the enlargements B, and D are lower reversely-inclined bars extending from the lower corners of said panel to said enlargements, leaving triangular openings 6 between the converging bars C and D. v

c are longitudinal ribs or flanges arranged at the upper edge of the upper bars C on opposite sides thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The flanges c on the inner side of the bars 0 gradually widen toward the deep flange or box A of the center panel and have a concave edge, as shown in Fig.

c are upright longitudinal ribs or flanges arranged centrally on the upper side of the bars 0 and increasing in width toward the enlargements B.

d are longitudinal ribs arranged on opposite sides of the lower bars D midway between their edges.

f are upright webs or flanges arranged on opposite sides of the central panel A and connecting the inner ends of the converging bars 0 D. i

G are the upright bars extending downwardly from the outer ends of the converging bars 0 D, and H are inclined bars arranged below the converging bars 0 D and extending from the inner ends of the lower bars D to the lower ends of the upright bars G, leaving triangular openings it between these bars.

71, are marginalribs arranged at the lower edge of the bars H on opposite sides thereof.

What I claim is-- The design for the side frame of a car-truck, substantially as herein shown and described.

W'itness my hand this 17th day of December, 1896.

WILLARD F. RICHARDS. \Vitnesses JNo. J. BONNER, CARL F. GEYER.

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